Imitative candle fitting



July 17; 1928. v

n). SMITH IMI'BATIVE CANDLE FITTING Filed Jan, 29, 1925 Patented July 17, 1928.

UNITED; states earner caries.

RAYMOND D. SMITH, OF LELEASANTVILLE, NEW YORKASSIGIFOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN MENTS, TO TBEMONT PRODUCTS coaronnr on, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A

CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

IMITATIVE CANDLE FITTING.

:lhis invention relates to a decorative form of electric light fitting made to lnntate the appearance of a candle and particularly concerns improvements in the design and mechanical construction of so-called candle fittings when they are of the removable type requiring no wiring to install, such as form the subject of'my two co-pending applications, Serial No. 534-,996, filed February 8, 1922, and Serial No. 543,880,- filed March 15, 1922. 1

Among the objects of the invention are to increase the degree to which such an attachment shall resemble the more expensive and specially designed candle fixtures by concealing more completely the original appearance of the ordinary socket fixture to which my attachment is applied.

The improvements constituting my present invention are also usable to good advantage in the manufacture of 'so-ca-lled socket eXtensions which are commonly provided with a male threaded plug atone end for mounting in anordinaryelectric lamp socket, and with a female threaded receptacle at the other end to receive an ordinary electric lamp bulb, and in any' tubular device employing metallic threaded screw shells or like members atone or both of its ends.

A particular provision of the present improvements is a novel means for mounting an inner body structure inside of a'tube made of paper or correspondingly soft material, in a'secure and simple manner and by a very simple and cheap operation,

whether or not such tube and structure are designed for use as electrical fittings.

The invention is more definitely set forth in the following description, which with the accompanying sheet of drawings, gives specifications of a preferred embodiment which is subject, however, to many departures and modi'fications within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a vertical central section taken lengthwise through the two main parts of my improved candle fitting, the socket to which they are applied and which they largely conceal, when :1 plied, being indicated by dot-dash lines.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the body structure that is mounted inside the paper pressed outwardly candle tube, a section'o-f connecting tubular wall being broken away.

Fig. 3 shows an assembling tool as it engages with the structure of Fig. 2 and with the paper tube to fasten the former securely withm the latter. I

Fig.- 1 is. a transverse section'taken 0n. the

plane 55 in Fig. 1 looking down, the

in the position they occupy beforebeing into the paper tube by the tool shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. '5 is a view-similar to Fig. 4 after the prongs are set into-the-wal ls of the paper tube.

Throughout. the different views of the drawings each part is designated by 'a likesymbol.

' The parts of my improved fitting comprisethe outer paper tube 10, the'female screw shell 11,.to which thespider 12 is fastened by eyelets 13,the male screw shell 14 to which is fastened a similar spider 15 by eyelets 16,a metal tube 17 which spaces the spider 12' from the spider 15 against the pull of the long, center screw 18 whose head clampsthe center contact washer 19 and insulating block 20a gainst the male screw shell 14 and whose threaded end by-means of the nut 21 clamps the center contact tongue 22 and insulating washer 23 against the female screw shell 11. r In the original forms of tions 25 are flattened as hereinafter described. It will be seen in- Figs.'2 and '3 that the two spiders are asssembled in ro-' tativel'y staggered prong-ed portion of one falls axially op posite the space between the pron'ged portions on the other. This permits atube-like tool 26 composed of two similar parts havspider, 12 and 15, 'as shown in Figs; 3 and 4, the prongs 2% are radially retracted by 'tran'sradialgrooves The spiders 12and'15 may relation so that the 1 ing inter-engaging castellated ends 27 to encompass the screw shells and fit loosely inside the paper casing and apply longitudinal pressure simultaneously on the chain nelled portions 2570f both spider 12 and spider 15 whereby these channelled portions are flattened and the prongs 24 forced out wardly into, but preferably not through, the Walls of the tube 10. The two parts of the tool 26 then separate and are removable from the assembled structure leaving the spiders securely fastened against rotative or lengthwise -movement within the tube. There is thus provided, by a simple and quick operation, a structure having the necessary annular space. between male screw shell 14 and candle tube 10 to enable the metal husk 30 of proper diameter at its small end to slip easily onto the larger diameter portion of the lamp socket and come to rest onthe edge of the socket cap. This husk has a slot 31 to accommodate the shank of a switch key or the bell mouth guide for a pull chain and also gives a little spring to the husk which enables it to accommodate very slight variations in the diameter of V difierentsockets it may be required to fit.

Y The contour, or decorative design, of husk 30 is obviously amatter of choice, the point with which this invention is concerned being that it, together with the tube 10, covers up a larger part of theold socket than has heretofore been accomplished by removable attachments for a like purpose and thereby more completely disguises the appearance of the ordinary lamp socket and more completely transforms it in appearance to resemble a candle fixture.

The ruggedness and economy of manufacturing resulting from the new features of construction herein described will be apparent and the following claims will be taken to include all equivalent constructions which come within the spirit of the invention.

Claims:

1. A device for securing an electriclamp receptacle shell to the wall of a surrounding tubularsupport, embodying in combination, a mounting plate fixedly secured in transaxial relation to one end of said shell and extending outside the circumference of said shell to provide a mounting flange, the said mounting flange being channeled to provide for radial extension when flattened, thereby to effect mounting engagement of said plate with the wall of saidtubular support and without changing the shape of said plate in portions other than said flange.

2. The combination with an electric lamp socket housed in a two piece casing including an openended cylindrical jacket and an inverted cap beneath said jacket and closely encompassing the lower end thereoff-of a lamp receptive appliance designed to res semble acandle and mountable in said lamp socket in place of the lamp and having an outer, tubular wall extended downwardly as a skirt to encompass and conceal the upper portion of said jacket, and an attachment designed to resemble a candle holder and positioned to surround the entire length of said jacket between said cap and said ,appliance.

3. A device for securing an electric lamp receptacle shell to the wall of a surrounding tubular support, embodying in combination, a mounting plate fixedly secured in transaxial relation to one end of said shell and extending outside the circumference of said shell to provide a mounting flange, the said,

mounting flange having a serrated edge and being channeled to provide, for radial extension of said edge when flattened, thereby to effect mounting engagement of said plate with the wall of said tubular support and without changing the shape of said plate in portions other than said flange.

4. A device for securing an electric lamp receptacle shell to the wall of a surrounding tubular support, embodying in combination, a mounting plate fixedly secured in transaxial relation to one end of said shell and extending outside the circumference of said shell to provide a mounting flange, the said mount-ing flange constituting three segmen-v tal portions each having a serrated edge and being channeled to provide for radial exten sion of said segmental portions when flattened, thereby t efiect mounting engagement of said serrated edges with the wall of said tubular support and without chang than said segmental flange portions.

-5. An attachment for converting the ap-. pearance of an electric lamp socket and its.

casing having relatively large and smalldiameterportions, to makethe same resemble a candle with its holder, embodying a tubular member fitted at one end to receive an electric lamp and at the other end to'be received into said socket, aportion of said tubular member encompassing the small di ameter portion of said casing, and a husk memberadapted to slide onto and encompass the large diameter portion of the lamp socket, said husk member axially overreaching said tubular member, whereby said socket with the exception of its said cap portion is substantially concealed by said attachment.

6. In an extension for lamp sockets, the combination with an exterior tube and an interior metal body assemblage, of means to ends of the tube to flatten said channelled portions and project the edges of said plate into engagement with said tube. V

7. In combination with a socket extension including a tubular casing of insulating material, an inner body structure comprising two screw shells pulled together by a conductive threaded tie bolt and nut insulated from said shells, said shells being spaced apart by a conductive spacer surrounding said tie bolt and electrically connecting the shells,the said tie bolt being insulated from said spacer electrically connecting and retaining at each of its ends an electrical contact interior and substantially central of each screw shell.

8. In combination with a socket extension including a tubular casing of relatively soft material, an inner body structure to be mounted in said casing and comprising two screw shells pulled together by a conductive tie member and spaced apart by a conductive spacer surrounding said tie member and electrically connecting said screw shells, the said tie member being insulated both from said screw shells and from said spacer and providing at each of its ends a terminal electrical contact interior and substantially central of each of said screw shells;- together with holding disks of greater diameter than said screw shells providing means or" engagement with the walls of said, casing. 7

9. An attachment for converting the appearance of an electric lamp socket having a cap and a casing, to resemble, a candle with its holder, and comprising a tubular, candlelike member concealing the end of said socket casing opposite said cap, and a husk concealing the part of said socket casing adjacent said cap.

10. An attachment for converting the appearance of an electric lamp socket having a cap and a casing, to resemble a candle with its holder, and comprising a tubular, candlelike member concealing the end of said socket casing opposite saidcap, and a husk.

belled out at its end adjacent said tubular member concealing the part of said socket casing adjacent said cap.

11. An attachment for converting the appearance of an electric lamp socket having a cap and a casing, to resemble a candle with its holder, and comprising a tubular, candlelike member concealing the end of said socket casing opposite said cap, and a husk belledv out at its end adjacent said tubular member,

and concealing the. part of said socket casing adjacent said cap ;.said husk having a slot in its sideto accommodate a switch key, pull chain guide, or other socket protuberance.

12. A fastening device for efiecting the rigid assembly of an interior body structure and a surrounding casing therefor embodying a deformable plate receivable inside said casing with its edge closely adjacent the interior wall of said casing, said plate having its central and peripheral portions disposed in a substantially common flat plane and having a portion intermediate said cen tral and peripheral portions dented whereby the flattening oi said dented portion forces said plate edge into engagement with said casing in a plane of movement coincident with the said plane in which said central and peripheral plate portions were originally disposed. v

713. In combination with a lamp socket including abody portion carrying a lamp receptacle and enclosed by an open-ended, cylindrical shell, and a cap, telescopically overlapping and supporting said shell from below,a fitting surrounding said shell and abutting against said cap and exposing a part of the latter sothat said cap and said.

fitting resemble a unitary structure, said fitting fiaring outwardly in its upper portion,

and a candle-like socket-extension insertable in said lamp receptacle inplace of the lamp, the end of said extension adjacent said lamp socket being surrounded by the outflaring portion of said fittin 14. The combination with an electric lamp socket comprising a round inner body por-.

tion carrying c'o-axially at one end thereof, a lamp receptacle of lessdiameter than said body portion, a shouldered cylindrical casing having an interior insulating sleeve and closely surrounding both said body portion and said receptacle and an outer mounting cap interlocking telescopically with the larger end of said casing whereby said body portion is retained between said cap and the shouldered portion of said casing; of an imitation candle fitting comprising a plug end insertable in said lamp receptacle in place of the lamp and carrying at its opposite end another lamp receptacle, said fitting including a fixedly. attached enclosing'tube sufficiently large at said plug end to surround and conceal the smaller end of said shouldered casing and positioned so to do,

and a husk of proper diameter at its bottom end to sleeve over the larger end of said casing and to abut against saidrmounting cap, and flaring outwardly at its top end to appearas a holder for said candle fittin Intestimony whereof I have affixed my signature, this 25th day of January, 1928,,at Boston, Massachusetts.

RAYMOND I). SMITH.. 

